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Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. There are plenty of annual recap lists circulating around this time of year, but few of them involve the amount of work put in by California’s Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Over the past year, researchers guided remotely operated vehicles more than 3,000 feet down to survey the vast biodiversity within some of the oceans’ deepest and darkest regions. The data and footage collected during these trips will help experts fill in the gaps towards understanding the planet’s hardest-to-reach ecosystems. To celebrate the past 12…
But Riot says it’s considering rolling the BIOS requirement out to all players in Valorant‘s highest competitive ranking tiers (Ascendant, Immortal, and Radiant), where there’s more to be gained from working around the anti-cheat software. And Riot anti-cheat analyst Mohamed Al-Sharifi says the same restrictions could be turned on for League of Legends, though they aren’t currently. If users are blocked from playing by Vanguard, they’ll need to download and install the latest BIOS update for their motherboard before they’ll be allowed to launch the game. Newer PCs are getting patched; older PCs might not be An AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D…
KPop Demon Hunters has been a cultural phenomenon for six months now, and it’s surprising to me that Ejae, the songwriter and singing voice of main character Rumi, hadn’t already revealed every demo for the film’s soundtrack months ago. My favorite song on the soundtrack is the closing number, “What it Sounds Like,” in which Rumi and the rest of the Huntr/x girls come together, sing apologies to each other across a crowded stadium, and then defeat the demon king Gwi-ma. It is an incredible, anthemic finale that ties everything the movie has said and done together in one ensemble…
Sign Up For Goods 🛍️ Product news, reviews, and must-have deals. Gaming isn’t fun if your setup can’t keep up with your skills. Right now, Amazon has a ton of Razer gear, including chairs, mice, headsets, microphones, and more. If you’re planning on spending extended parts of your holiday break playing games, get yourself an upgrade and save some money at the same time. Editor’s picks Razer Barracuda Wireless Gaming & Mobile Headset (Black) is $69.99 (56% off) See It This one makes sense if you bounce between a console/PC and your phone. The headphones perform well for music listening,…
But Copilot will still be integrated into Tizen OS, and Samsung appears eager to push chatbots into TVs, including by launching Perplexity’s first TV app. Amazon, which released Fire TVs with Alexa+ this year, is also exploring putting chatbots into TVs. After the backlash LG faced this week, companies may reconsider installing AI apps on people’s smart TVs. A better use of large language models in TVs may be as behind-the-scenes tools to improve TV watching. People generally don’t buy smart TVs to make it easier to access chatbots. But this development is still troubling for anyone who doesn’t want…
A quality Bluetooth speaker is a must-have for pretty much everyone. Whether you’re spending time with friends at the park or tackling household chores, a portable speaker can completely set the mood. The JBL Clip 5 is the ideal companion for any situation where you’d want to reach for a Bluetooth speaker, and right now, you can grab it at a 25% discount on Amazon. Originally priced at $80, the JBL Clip 5 is now available for just $60. With powerful sound, a durable design, and a range of stylish color options, it’s a high-quality option for music lovers on…
If you’re stargazing late overnight on Dec. 21-22, keep an eye out for “shooting stars” as the annual Ursid meteor shower peaks.Although the Ursids are active from Dec. 13 through Dec. 26, the peak night coincides with the winter solstice, which occurs at 10:03 a.m. EST on Dec. 21. Though the two events are totally unrelated, the longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere is a great time to look for meteors, and to photograph them if you’re up for the challenge.The Ursids are not one of the year’s major meteor showers, and they are often overlooked in…
The Switch 2’s data-free, download-enabling Game Key Cards have proved controversial with players who worry about long-term ownership and access issues to their purchases. But they’ve remained popular with publishers that want to save production costs on a boxed Switch 2 game release, since Game Key Cards don’t include any of the expensive flash memory found on a standard Switch 2 cartridge. Now, though, at least one publisher has publicly suggested that Nintendo is offering cheaper Switch 2 cartridge options with smaller storage capacities, lowering production costs in a way that could make full cartridge releases more viable for many…
The Steam Winter Sale has begun, as has the Xbox’s, so once again everyone can fill their stockings with bargain games they’ll apparently never play. But one game you absolutely should be snapping up and instantly launching is one of 2025’s very best, the break-out extraction shooter hit Arc Raiders. It’s on sale for the first time since its October release, and it started off hella cheap in the first place. Launched October 30, Arc Raiders was met with explosively positive reviews, and it offered its top-notch extraction shooter antics for just $40. Only let down by its moronic use of…
Japan has deployed a system that fires laser beams with 100 kilowatts of energy — powerful enough to disable small drones. It was installed on board a 6,200-ton (6.3 million kg) warship.The weapon combines 10 lasers (each 10 kW in power) into a single 100 kW beam, giving it enough focused power to burn through metal surfaces. It is a fiber laser, meaning the beam is generated by light being amplified and focused as it travels through a solid-state optical fiber doped with rare earth elements. Engineers designed this system specifically to shoot down drones, mortar rounds and other lightweight…